Apart from the question of whether the NFL applied the new Personal Conduct Policy retroactively to Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy is the question of whether he violated the policy. At his hearing in May, the NFL Players Association attacked the quality of the evidence that resulted in the the conclusion that multiple violations occurred — but Hardy himself didn’t testify.
Page 9 of the 12-page ruling from arbitrator Harold Henderson, a copy of which PFT has obtained, states that “Hardy was present for the entire appeal hearing but declined to testify.”
Hardy’s decision to say nothing says plenty.